WEBVTT - The Reach-A-Round 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.840 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.760 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.000 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:24.400 advice Now League dot com. Here's your host. Welcome to 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:26.840 Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Chargy and my co 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:31.800 host this week are Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, gentlemen, Hello, Hi. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.200 Excited to get everybody ready for drafts and auctions. It's 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:39.920 getting closer. Feeling heating up now. Normally this would have 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:44.680 been the first weekend with preseason games. We don't have that. 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:48.240 It's okay. I was hated doing those preseason recaps anyway, 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:52.239 especially after the first game when you know, nothing happens. 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:56.320 The starters played one this this third string running back 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.880 really popped off in this game. Yeah, but that's not 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.200 to say there's no news, and we'll be getting to 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:05.880 a variety of news items from around the league very shortly. Also, 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:07.800 we will over the course of the show, we will 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:12.679 identify the true bell cow running backs, the guys you 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.360 can count on to get a lot of touches. Who 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:20.120 are they? And not just rehashing last year's bell cows 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:23.119 because you already know that looking forward to this year's 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:27.559 crop of running backs, we'll talk about the stink hole 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:33.600 and beyond. What's the stinkhole? You might ask. The stinkhole 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.959 is that spot in the first round where the obvious 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.840 choices are gone and now you're up. What do you 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.520 do with that spot? Where is the stinkhole this year? 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.320 And what are you doing in that vicinity? We'll give 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:52.520 you three tough questions and perhaps everybody's favorite segment all 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:56.960 preseason over the course of this show, the reach around, 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.000 We got a stinkhole, and reach around. We got a 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.200 stinkhole and reach around. In the reach around will tell 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:05.520 you the guys you should reach one round early, go 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:09.239 get that's what you meant. That's the reach around. We'll 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:14.120 talk about vacated targets. Scott Fish will help us identify 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.760 the teams that have lost the most receiving targets and 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:21.000 who could step into those spots. And then, at the 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.520 end of the show, as we do every week, our 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:27.360 sleepers three sleepers, one from each of us. These are 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:32.240 guys that will significantly outperform their draft position. Al right, guys, 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.560 let's go to the news. We begin with the Carolina 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:39.280 Panthers Matt Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported last weekend that 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:44.080 left tackle Russell Okung is contemplating retirement due to COVID. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.359 Pro Football Talk says he's keeping his options open right now, 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.440 so he could just quit. Oku is a fascinating guy. 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:55.960 He's extremely smart, He's negotiated his own contracts. He's um, 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.600 He's got a lot of interests outside of football. Wouldn't 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:04.280 surprise me. Not That wouldn't be good for Christian McCaffrey 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.679 or nor would it be good for Teddy Bridgewater. We 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:08.519 think needs all the help he can get. So we'll 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.440 be watching the status of the starting left tackle for 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:14.880 the Carolina Panthers, Scott Let's go to Las Vegas with 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:19.160 the Raiders. Yeah so? Uh? Josh Josh Jacob says he's 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:21.480 going to catch at least sixty passes this year, and 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.680 John Gruden is reportedly wants to get him more involved. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.560 It was upset they didn't good Rookie of the Year. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.079 All the b reporters are saying they want him on 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.600 the field of ton. John Garden's gonna try to win 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:35.120 him Rookie of the Year this year. But there's something 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:36.680 to be aware of. They want to get him really 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:40.600 involved in the passing game. He is, Jacobs has top 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:47.040 three or four. We'll talk about him and later. All right, 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.480 we'll be talking more about him later. Okay, let's go 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.400 to the Texans. Why receiver Kenny still still hasn't passed 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.160 his physical and looks like a cut candidate in Parks. 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.800 He's gonna make seven million dollars guaranteed if he's on 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.360 the rosters. Good chance he's gonna go and will help 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.520 cement playing time for Will Fuller and Brandon Cooks and 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.400 Reggie Cobb. Let's go to the Randall. Randall, not Reggie. 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.400 Brangie cop played for Tampa a long times ago, showing 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:13.800 my age. Let's go to the Washington football team. As 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.680 of about twenty minutes after we recorded last week's show, 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.320 Darius Geiss was released, opening up the running back competition 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:25.080 to Adrian Peterson, Peyton Barber, Antonio Gibson, Bryce Love and 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:30.640 j D mckissic. J D mcsuck it. No, No, that's 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.840 a terrible nickname. It's it's not even that clever. It's 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.479 well earned, if you ask me, Scott. Let's go to 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.599 the Jets. Uh Levian Bella has reportedly slimmed down like 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.479 fifteen pounds, and he's the lightest he's ben since high school. 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:44.960 I know you hate when running backs, especially speedy ones 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.920 like that, gain weight. What do you think of Levan 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:51.200 Bell dropping weight? He's always been an agility guy. Yeah, 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.200 I think that might be okay. I don't know, that 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.280 might be all right. I'm willing to you know more, 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.200 Oftentimes these guys end up gaining weight over the course 0:04:58.200 --> 0:04:59.920 of the season. So if he's starting a little light, 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:01.919 well he took that one year off, that's where he 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.000 gained the way. It's probably true. It's taken a year 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.680 to to work that part off. The Colts Frank Reich 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:10.440 says that Marlon Mack is his starting running back. Jonathan 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:14.960 Taylor will be in the mix, though I'm intrigued by 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:19.080 a strategy of drafting both and starting both. Did you 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:22.240 see his His line in that same thing, in that 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.520 same interview was he'll play the hot hand and then 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.440 they'll stay in the field. I hate that. That's that's 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.200 why you have to do both. I either what both 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.960 are neither hand. It's going to be Jonathan Taylor. Come on, 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.720 he wouldn't you think so? All that said, um, it's 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.480 Marlon Max's job to lose. By the you know, maybe 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.120 the best offensive line in football. Somebody's going to be 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.040 successful there. It's a nice bast ball strategy. I think, 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.719 taking both guys, you know, have to guess which one 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.520 is gonna be when Jonathan Taylor hits the field, that's 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.159 the problem. Probably let's go to the Let's go to 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:58.640 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ronald Jones is receiving pass catching 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:03.080 tips from noted asked thrower Tom Brady, and Keyshawn Vaughn 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.000 was officially activated off the COVID list to put some 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:10.680 pressure on Road Joe Um. He's a Ronald Jones, a 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.400 terrible pass bat blocking back, and that is how he 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.279 can lose this job. That's how he will lose this 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.440 And that's the that is the concern, and it's one 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.520 of the reasons I'm I'm I'm not playing. I'm not 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.480 gambling on either of those guys because I don't feel 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.320 like I can trust him that way. Scott, the Denver 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:33.200 Broncos have news. Yeah, so beer reporters are expecting Melvin 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.320 Gordon to be the Week one starter, which is really 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.359 no surprise after paying him sixteen million dollars. But what 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:41.440 they are saying, they're expecting like a sixty thirty five 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.960 or even seventy thirty split, which I found was surprising. Yeah, 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.599 that is I I think Philip people. People are assuming 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.640 Philip Lindsay is dead, and I am not ready. I 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.000 am not ready to be that guy. The death of 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.720 Philip Lindsay has been greatly exaggerated. Really has Travis Kelsey 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.559 signed an extension that will keep him with the Chiefs 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.360 through twy d twenty five. Great news for his dynasty 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.640 owners because now you have the security of knowing it's 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.200 got Patrick Mahomes throwing to him. Great news for Patrick 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.160 mahomes dynasty and Empire owners as well. He gets to 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.520 throw to Travis Kelsey. So winners all all around if 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:17.600 you're invested in Travis Kelsey and your dynasty or Empire league. Matt, 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.880 the Seattle Seahawks have news. Just Chris Carson. He's not 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.360 in Seahawks camp right now as he deals with a 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.760 personal matter. And that's according to NFL Network. Um, it 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:30.480 is not a toward love affair with me. No Dolphins, 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.280 Although I like him, I like him on my fantasy team, 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.440 let's hope. So Yeah, but I don't love him. Let's 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.200 go to uh let's go to the Dolphins. Preston Williams 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.480 is awesome. That's all. That's all. No, there's more. He's 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.480 running fine and making one handed catches in the corner 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.920 of the end zone. Jordan Howard. They're expecting to be 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:50.080 the lead back, with Breda taking on almost all the 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.120 passing down work and which the amount of targets available. 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.640 That's interesting. You'll get well. I think there'll be more 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:57.920 on that later in this show, won't there. It's possible. 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.680 Viking social media shows justin Jefferson making a variety of 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.360 amazing catches, not in pads and not while he's covered 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.240 by defenders for the most part, but nevertheless, good to 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.960 see him making those catches. Let's go to the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.880 Matt greg Ward remember him? I do? He was a 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.880 starting wide receiver for this team. Well, according to Doug Peterson, 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.440 he's in the starting mix again. Right now, get greg 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.520 Ward with the three pick off the board in your 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.040 league and get a starting wide receiver for the Eagles. 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.480 I don't remember. It looks like all Sean Jeffrey's not 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.360 going to start to start the season healthy, So you 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:38.120 know it's it's Jalen reagor de Sean Jackson. Yeah, probably 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.480 for a while. Yeah, and Greg Ward, let's go to 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:45.320 the Patriots. Scott the Patriots son Lamar Miller this year 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:48.600 this week to a one we one year deal. It's 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.800 gonna be a one week deal, and immediately placed him 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.160 on the on the publist because he's got a torn 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.360 a c L. He lands there with Sonny Michelle, who 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.800 is dealing with not being good at football. Yeah, and 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.440 you know, as a reminder, the torn a c L was. 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.760 It makes it sound like it just happened to this 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.960 time last year when he walked into the offices in 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:13.840 Foxboro signed the contract. Um a baffling move for the 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:15.960 for the Patriots. You know you knew he was hurt? 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.679 Did you check the physical? Did you did you know 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:20.839 that he was going to start the season on the publis? Hey, 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.240 did you wait till he was healthy? Bill Belichick's playing 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:26.200 three D chess here? Who are we? Who are we'd argue? 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.080 Alvin Camaris confirmed that he played last year with a 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.240 tear in his knee, and he's also been reported to 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:35.040 have dealing with Hianchael sprain and back issues last year 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.880 rolls into this season fully healthy and it has a 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.960 current ADP of four. So obviously a lot of people 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:43.400 are willing to look past last year's trouble, but he has. 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.400 He did confirm that he played with the tear in 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.920 his knee this past week. Uh, he played with it 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:52.800 last year. Confirmation was this week. Yes. Dallas Cowboys, Matt Uh. 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:56.000 They signed Everson Griffin to help bolster their defensive line. 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.320 Insert the Deck Prescott gift where he's doing some sort 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.880 of well, well, I guess I'm not getting any money 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:06.439 this year. I think he's gonna go Okay. He's making 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.240 the average of the top five paid quarterbacks. Yeah. Uh, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:15.800 Scott Titans, Uh, Titans. This week, coaches hyping, heaping a 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:19.160 lot of praise on one John wu Smith. Well, you 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.520 don't say John Smith. They were hyping and heaping John Smith, 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:26.000 both of those things. Wanting to find creative ways to 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.640 give him the ball because he can do so many things. 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.040 He might be Derrick Henry's backup, by the way, he 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:36.040 might be Derek Starter. Yeah, the way he can. He's 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.760 great with the ball in the hands. He's had great runs, 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:42.520 I mean, fifty seven yard rob last year. Yeah, and now, 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.679 I don't even think that was his best Church put 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:48.000 your pants back on a run outside the lines last 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.520 year that broke a bunch of tackles and then went 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.360 out of bounds. But yeah, he's had a couple of 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.560 them telling you, Johnny Smith, he's already been a member 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.800 of my sleeper segment. I think that was we our 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.920 first show of this season was john Nu Smith identified 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.160 as my my probably he's probably he's one of my 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:09.280 two favorite sleepers for this year. M let's see what's next. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:16.120 Steelers of media reports say that Jalen Samuel's could be cut. 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:21.040 There are simultaneous reports that Benny Snell looks vastly improved. 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:25.280 Snow was a bitter disappointment last year with many opportunities 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:27.800 to to take get more reps but never look good. 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.719 They're saying physically he looks like a different back right now, 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.320 and coaches have been uh and Mike Tomlin has said 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.560 that he's mentally in a better spot in year two. 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.920 The biggest year rookies their players always make is year one. 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.920 Year two it's always the big lead, and for running backs, 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.120 if they don't make the leap within two years, they're 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.320 almost always dead. As you either got it within two 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.400 years or you don't. But Snell is still there's still 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.680 an opportunity here, and he's going undrafted in the vast 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.319 majority of leagues. Let's go to the Giants. Matt Evan 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.880 Engram back in camp after a very strong and aggressive 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.319 rehab from frank surgery last year in his left foot. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.560 Scott the Bengals. John Ross left camp to take care 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:09.800 of his son and wife, who both tested positive for 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.480 COVID nineteen and uh, that makes him a threat to 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.679 sit out. Yeah, And it also makes him a threat 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:16.840 being that he was already going to be fighting Tee 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:21.559 Higgins and Audentaid for that third role, So there might 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.920 be issues there, So maybe not, maybe hold off on 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.800 drafting him late in the late rounds now George Kittle 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:28.360 got an extension that will keep him with the team 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:32.320 through five and it certainly Booy's the dynasty and empire 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.400 value of Jimmy Garoppolo a lot. Also, media reports have 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.600 first round pick Brandon Ayouk starting on the outside, and 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.319 I believe that will happen in Week one. I believe 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:45.240 he is NFL ready and the team needs him anyway. 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:49.000 With Deebo Samuel's very unlikely to be available in Week one. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.439 The Falcons Matt Todd Gurley was walking with a limp 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.840 yesterday man, and then ready it's starting man. Then Twitter 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:00.480 spent most of Thursday just freaking out about Atlanta uh 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:04.320 starting center Alex mac also limited in camp right now, 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:10.319 with an explanation of veteran he's limited day off? Is it? 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:15.679 I don't know he's old? I guess. Raven's offensive coordinator 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:17.960 Greg Roman says that training camp will be used to 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.800 settle his running back depth chart, which currently features three 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.080 or four quality backs, depending on whether or not you 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.959 think Justice Hill's a quality back. Mark Ingram is the 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:33.840 presumed starter there. When we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.120 we will tell you who the bell cows are. These 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.480 are the guys that the running backs in particular, who 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.600 are going to get a lot of carries. Nothing more 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:47.480 important than opportunity to the success of any fantasy player. 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:49.880 Will tell you the guys who are gonna have the 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.680 football in their hands the most. When we come back 0:13:52.800 --> 0:14:15.200 to Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly on 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:19.000 the air. Paul char chi In, Matt Harrison, Scott Fish 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.600 with you. Thank you for joining us. Your number six 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.640 show number three. The segment is dedicated to the bell 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.160 cow backs. These are the runners that are going to 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:32.760 carry the pigskin. Many many times I have challenged Matt 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:37.040 Harrison to project into his crystal ball about who the 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:40.120 bell cow running backs will be this year. I need 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.240 to get a crystal ball just just for segments like 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.320 this so I can have the visual so you can 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.800 see me looking into it. Yes, Um, so I can 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:49.880 have to rub the crystal ball, right, don't you have to, 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.400 like I think you hover your hands above it. You don't, Actually, 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:57.000 you don't want fingerprints on the um. We're gonna divide 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:03.240 these backs into four category. Those categories will be three bells, 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:08.400 which are running backs projected for over three touches and 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:12.040 little to know competition. All right, those are these are 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.560 lot You're not you know, necessarily a lot. That's a lot. 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.280 There's not many runners in that category. Two bells are 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:23.920 projected for about two fifty touches with some competition around them. Uh. 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:27.040 The one bell backs are projected for over two hunderd touches, 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.000 but there's a lot of variants and competition for them. 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.160 And then there's workhorses. They're kind of in split back 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.480 fields where I think they're going to get more than half, 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.480 but it's going to be definitely a split backfield. Uh. 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.160 And then finally there's questionable backfields. We're not going to 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:45.800 talk about New England, Miami, Washington and the Rams. Those 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:50.120 backfields are really crazy. So let's start with the three 0:15:50.120 --> 0:16:01.480 bells Church. They didn't quiver. Alright, there's your three bells 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:06.240 right there. Hold on, maybe this is okay, that's maybe better, 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:10.080 So don't play that three slay bells. These are bell 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:13.400 cow runners, not slay bell runners. Well, that kind of works. 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:15.880 Leave the sligh bells for the work has to be 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.280 slay bells. They can just be bells. You can, you don't. 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:21.120 You could take a slagh bell off a sleigh and 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.920 put it on. The belling needs have to be attached 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:29.120 to a slagh. There's not a ton to discuss about 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.760 these five backs. I think they're very clearly the bell 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:37.000 cow in their backfield. That's Christian McCaffrey, whose only backup 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:41.040 is Reggie Bonafone. Yeah, that's that's a clear case. Sae 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:43.480 Kwon Barkley, who's not going to be pushed by Wayne 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:47.600 Gallman or Dion Lewis Derrick Henry and Darnton Evans isn't 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.680 pushing him. Joe Mixon I think is in there as well. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.560 I don't think Joe is really going to push him 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.320 much anymore. Yeah, there was mixing so good out of 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.560 the backfield and catching the ball too. So there was 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.120 a time that that Giovanni Ard looked like he was 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:06.520 going to have a lengthy career as a second running 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.359 back who would siphon off a lot of work from 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.600 whoever the starter was. It just hasn't come around due 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:15.720 to injury and inconsistency unfortunately, So maybe it's better, you know, 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:20.400 Joe Mixon is and Hugh Jackson and Freddie Kitchens that too. 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:25.160 And then my final three bell cow uh Ezekiel Elliott, 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.240 which I left him for last because I know Charge 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:31.960 has some feelings about Ezekiel Elliott with Tony Pollard in Toe. 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.480 We haven't talked about it and in the on air 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:36.600 version of Fantasy Football Weekly, but we've hit on it 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.520 in the the the off air podcast version of Fantasy 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:44.399 Football Weekly and months past. I I I worry that 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:49.040 Tony Pollard is so good that they just have to 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.720 give him more reps. And part of it was I 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.000 came out of last year feeling like just my eyes 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:57.000 told me that Tony Pollard was really really good. And 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.639 then I went back looked at it some more quantified 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.359 at as I could looked at Pro Football Focus, the 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:06.880 graded every run Tony Pollard in a much smaller sample 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:12.600 size was graded out better in virtually everything everything than 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:16.800 Ezekiel Elliott. And Ezekiel Elliott's still really good, and Elliott 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:20.280 is really good. Pollard's really good too. And I think 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.040 there's a sneaky case here where this goes from like 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:30.400 eighty twenty Zeke to Pollard to sixty Pollard. That would 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.200 be that would be a sizeable step down in production 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:36.040 for Ezekiel Elliott, who has been like a three touch 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.600 guy almost every year, right, so this would you know? 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:40.520 This would turn Elliott into like more like a two 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:42.960 fifty guy, and he's no longer you know, You're it's 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.400 hard to be a first rounder on that anymore. So 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:47.760 I've got and this is just a hunch. I have 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:52.040 no no inside knowledge of this. I'm just looking at it. 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.879 If I if I ran the Cowboys, and I should, 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:59.280 I would I would be protecting my investment in Zeke 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.880 by giving him us work and making sure that my 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:04.359 other extremely talented running back down on the field a 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:11.960 lot more. By the way, it's Marvin Lewis for then 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:16.840 the same same stage. It's very understandable. We've all done 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.040 it all right. Okay, let's move to the two bell 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:24.920 backs Church. That's two bells, good job, two shakes right there. Um, 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:28.679 So these guys, if everything breaks as expected, they're bell cowse. 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:32.399 Dalvin Cook is the first one on that list. His 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:36.720 red flags are he's a possible hold out. Still, alex 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.800 Madison is a very good backup. I don't think there's 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:43.879 any real holdout concern here, but go ahead, and Dalvin 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:46.840 gets injured every year. That is that is if that's 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.199 the biggest concern. Yeah, that is a fact. And by 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.720 the way, I'll mention this. On Friday, Dalvin Cook was 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:55.320 talking up Alexander Madison about how grad he is, so 0:19:56.359 --> 0:20:00.200 he seems to believe that his backup is pretty good too. Yeah, 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:03.960 next guy, Alvin Camara. His red flags are as you 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:06.160 alluded to in an earlier segment. He was injured most 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.200 of last year. He's never had more than two hundred 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:12.360 carries in a season. But it is a contract here 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:14.520 and I'm going to talk more about Alvin Camara a 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:19.280 little bit later. Alright, uh, next guy, they don't. Latavius 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:21.800 Murray's the only, you know, the only quality backup they've 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:28.840 got there, and that Murray's just not the next back 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:34.159 Clyde Edwards Hilaire laire. I want to move him up 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:36.399 to a three bell category so much, but he's a 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:40.000 rookie and there are some veteran backups including Patrick mahomes 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:44.320 is best buddy from college, DeAndre Washington, plus Darryl Williams 0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:46.880 and Darwin Thompson there who I think will get some 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:49.080 touches here in some touches. I think you're doing the 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.800 safe thing with Clyde Edwards Hilaire by having him in 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:55.359 this second category. This feels about right, and he is 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:57.119 still a rookie. We don't know what the usage is 0:20:57.160 --> 0:21:01.800 gonna be, but the upside for him is what Kareem 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:05.159 Hunt did it, and that could be back to you know, 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.480 touch territory. By the way, the Chiefs lost ten touches 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:16.400 inside the five. Mm hmm, just ten. Well that's that's fine, Okay, Well, 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:19.080 that team passes a lot inside the five. It's true, 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:20.840 you know, they don't always run side but those are 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:25.119 ten available touchdowns, easy touchdowns that could be going to 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:28.240 Clyde Edwards, Hilaire. Let's talk about Josh Jacobs for the 0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:32.199 Las Vegas Raiders. No big time red flags here, no 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:36.440 clear backup between Jalen Rochard and Lynn Bowden. He did 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:39.560 average twenty touches over his thirteen games last year, so 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:41.159 he's by the way, he did most of that with 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:44.920 a fractured shoulder playing through that. Yeah, he's he's closer 0:21:44.960 --> 0:21:47.919 to the three bell category. I'm surprised he's not a 0:21:50.880 --> 0:21:53.639 it's gonna get I like Josh Jacobs for this. I 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:56.239 think he will end up closer to three al right. 0:21:56.359 --> 0:22:00.720 How about Nick Chubb the red flag Kareem Hunt, Yes, 0:22:00.920 --> 0:22:04.920 that's it, that's it. Otherwise, Chubb's great Chub, really really 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:08.359 good back, and they will find time, they will find enough, 0:22:09.800 --> 0:22:11.760 They'll find enough ways to get him the ball and 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:15.159 give it Stefanski. Will Stefanski fed Dalvid Cook like crazy. 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:18.880 But I think I worry about cream Hunt eating into 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:21.240 his totals. But he'll probably get to the two fifty 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:24.560 range you're talking about. Let's talk Miles Sanders of the 0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:28.919 Philadelphia Eagles. Uh, the red flag here, is Philly's insistence 0:22:29.520 --> 0:22:34.160 under Doug Peterson to not use the workhorse back. Boston 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:37.560 Scott and Corey Clement are both capable pass catching backs 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:40.080 and should take some third down work and maybe more. 0:22:40.440 --> 0:22:42.879 But Miles Sanders looked really good over the tail end 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:45.760 of last year. Fantastic. I was gonna say, can I 0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:50.040 play counter counter Devil's Advocate? But like four games at 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:53.280 the end of last season with eight plus percent snaps? Okay, 0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:56.639 but all the rest of the depth except Boston Scott, 0:22:56.680 --> 0:23:00.400 and there was Boston Scots actually good. Boston Scott is good. 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:02.800 I'm sorry, Yeah, I like him. I do too. Uh. 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:06.320 And by the way, in in PPR leagues, Boston Scott 0:23:06.320 --> 0:23:09.120